Proverbs 3:27

New English Translation

Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

Cross References

Genesis 31:29

I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night, ‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’

Micah 2:1

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

Romans 13:7

Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Galatians 6:10

So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.

Deuteronomy 15:13

If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

James 5:4

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.